Triples : 1896 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1896 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tom McCreery 21 Louisville Colonels 1
George Van Haltren 21 New York Giants  
Bill Dahlen 19 Chicago Colts 3
Joe Kelley 19 Baltimore Orioles  
Fred Clarke 18 Louisville Colonels 5
John Anderson 17 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6
Ed Delahanty 17 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jesse Burkett 16 Cleveland Spiders 8
Harry Davis 16 New York Giants  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Lange 16 Chicago Colts  
Mike Tiernan 16 New York Giants  
Elmer Smith 14 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Jake Stenzel 14 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bill Everitt 13 Chicago Colts 14
Willie Keeler 13 Baltimore Orioles  
Candy LaChance 13 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
Kip Selbach 13 Washington Senators  
George Davis 12 New York Giants 18
Bill Joyce 12 Washington Senators  
New York Giants  
Ed McKean 12 Cleveland Spiders  
Dusty Miller 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Tom Parrott 12 St. Louis Browns  
Steve Brodie 11 Baltimore Orioles 23
George Decker 11 Chicago Colts  
Tommy Dowd 11 St. Louis Browns  



Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?